Two hot takes on funding on Tuesday.

🏙️ + 💰 Typically, a Tuesday would be about funding a startup — but this time it is a state and it might not be the last.

Techmeme: Washington state lawmakers pass new taxes amid a record budget deficit, targeting Amazon, Microsoft, and others to raise $9B+; Governor Ferguson can now sign (Anna Edgerton/Bloomberg)

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🤖 + 💰 Not to get all McLuhan-ish but… it is sometimes said that humans are unique in that we build machines that build other machines. Welp…